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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected. Most of them think we’re trying to eat them, not help them. Frightened and defensive, they react accordingly. I knew he was going to be trouble.

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An Open Letter to Outdoor/Feral Cat Supporters

10,000 Birds

If you love your cats so much, why don’t you protect them? It’s so much easier to delete a picture than to end the life of a mortally wounded cat-caught bird, like this Downy Woodpecker … who is alive, but not for long. If that’s the case, then let me show you what happens to outdoor cats.

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

10,000 Birds

The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. They showed me their wounds! said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee.

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Working Animals Face "Firing Squad" in Developing Countries

Critter News

Fortunately the donkey was rescued by the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA). Here's what they say about "the Firing Squad," a horrible method of "treating" wounded work animals. They will be ‘fired’ with a red hot iron in the mistaken belief that it will cure a wound.

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Mountain Gorilla Ranger Slain in the Congo

Critter News

Protecting mountain gorillas in the Congo is dangerous work. Another ranger was wounded in the attack and a rebel was captured. Just last week, a 33-year-old ranger was killed by Mai Mai rebels. Mai Mai rebels are described as community-based militia groups frequently involved in banditry.

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H. J. McCloskey on Punishment of Cruelty to Animals

Animal Ethics

Certainly a strange mode of justification is offered along the lines of interpreting animals as weaker members of the community, as individuals who cannot protect their own interests, and who therefore need the sort of protection extended to others such as children, lunatics, etc., who cannot protect their interests.

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The Right Kind of Help Is Not What You Think

Sales and Marketing Management

But for most, it has ravaged market ecosystems, devastated balance sheets and has left a trail of record unemployment, the purgatory of furloughed jobs and, most tragically, an open wound from the human losses. In many ways, this very humanity is bringing out the best in the often-misunderstood world of sales.

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